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There's some new research being done to develop new ways for those who are paralyzed or otherwise immobilized to be able to communicate simply by thinking about what they want to say… the computers do the rest. ...

In response to the most asked question of the week: The Conficker worm has infected millions of Windows computers—and is set to be unleashed on April 1st, 2009. Here's what you need to know to keep yourself safe. How To: Protect Your Windows PC from the Conficker Worm

From Lifehacker: The iPhone event just ended, and the upcoming iPhone 3.0 software update adds a ton of new functionality to the iPhone—claiming over 100 new features, including long-awaited copy and paste, MMS messaging, and more. ...

Dell released its new Adamo series of laptops today. They tried their best to rip-off the sleek design of the MacBooks. Eh… I can't say I'm very excited. ...

Some huge iPhone announcements are coming on Tuesday: Apple announced an iPhone event today where they'll be giving "a sneak peek at the iPhone OS 3.0 software." IPhone: iPhone 3.0 Will Be Revealed March 17

Just for fun… ever thought about putting your lunch on a scanner? Scanwiches

If you're an avid reader, you might want to have a look at the new Kindle 2 from Amazon...

The Internet went up in arms in shock again as GMail, Google's popular mail service, had a service outage in the overnight hours (for US users). Service outages are part of life in the connected world, but when Google experiences a problem with one of their services, it makes big headlines...

Follow the link below for a great blog post written by one of my favorite technology journalists, Molly Wood, regarding her minority status as a woman covering technology news. But the geeky girl-worship doesn’t change some of the fundamental truths about being female and covering technology. ...

Have you ever wondered why you end up having 8 different cellular phone chargers in your house? Or like me, you wonder why LG purposely makes just the slightest changes in the connections on its chargers to be annoying and block backwards compatibility with your older charger...

Free public wi-fi is a great thing, but before you use it, make sure you understand the source. There are many legitimate places where free public wifi exists- like Bryant Park here in New York City...

While the Tech Blog for Non-Geeks is a tech news and commentary site, I feel compelled to share an experience that I had today with customer support representatives from US Airways, Delta Airlines, and American Express...